Maps Flashcards

1
Q

What are the 5 Great Lakes? (in order from left to right)

A

Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario

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2
Q

What state has the Great Salt Lake?

A

Utah

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3
Q

The _____________ bay is right next to Marlyand.

A

Chesapeake

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4
Q

The _____________ bay in in California.

A

San Francisco

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5
Q

The Hudson River is in what state?

A

New York

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6
Q

The ____________ river starts in Mexico and ends in Calorado.

A

Calorado

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7
Q

The _______________ river starts between Texas and Mexico and ends in Calorado.

A

Rio Grande

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8
Q

The Columbia River is between what two states?

A

Washington and Oregon

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9
Q

Where are the Sierra Nevada Mountains located?

A

California

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10
Q

What is the hook shaped peninsula in Massachusetts called?

A

Cape Cod

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11
Q

The _____________ is made up of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and part of Texas and Montana.

A

Great Plains

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12
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The _____________ is made up of Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and part of Oklahoma and Texas.

A

Central Plains

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13
Q

The ___________ valley goes through California and Oregon.

A

San Joaquin and Sacramento (central valley)

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14
Q

The __________ mountains are on the east coast and the __________ mountains are on the west coast.

A

East: Appalachian
West: Rocky

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15
Q

What mountain is in southern Alaska?

A

Mt. McKinley

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16
Q

What mountain is in Southern California?

A

Mt. Whitney

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17
Q

The __________ range goes through Oregon and Washington.

A

Cascade

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18
Q

The Costal ranges are in what state?

A

California

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19
Q

____________ range is in northern Alaska.

A

Brooks

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20
Q

What is the smallest state in terms of land size?

A

Rhode Island

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21
Q

What is the largest state in terms of land size?

A

Alaska

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22
Q

Which state has the smallest population?

A

Wyoming

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23
Q

Which state has the largest population?

A

California

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24
Q

The __________ river banks to the left off of the Mississippi River.

A

Missouri

25
Q

What River banks to the right off of the Mississippi River?

A

Ohio

26
Q

What are the 4 main oceans?

A

Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic

27
Q

What are the seven continents?

A

North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Antartica

28
Q

Which two continents are part of one huge land mass and how are they “separated?

A

Europe and Asia and they are “separated” by the Ural Mountains.

29
Q

The smallest continent in the world is ____________.

A

Australia

30
Q

What is the largest continent in the world?

A

Asia

31
Q

Most of Earth’s surface is covered with __________.

A

Water

32
Q

The _______________ is what separates Asia from North America.

A

Bering Strait

33
Q

What were the southern colonies?

A

Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and South Carolina

34
Q

What were the Middle Colonies?

A

Delaware, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylanvia

35
Q

What were the New England Colonies?

A

Conneticut, New Hampshire, Massacusetts, and Rhode Island

36
Q

Vermont was claimed by what two states?

A

New York and New Hampshire

37
Q

Where did the Battle of Yorktown take place?

A

Virginia

38
Q

Where did the battle of Concord and Lexington take place?

A

Massachusetts

39
Q

Where did the battle of Saratoga take place?

A

New York

40
Q

Bunker Hill took place in what state?

A

Massacusetts (near cape cod)

41
Q

The Nrothwest Ordinance of 1787 included what 5 states?

A

Ohio, Indiana, Illionois Michigan, and Wisconsin

42
Q

What is the name of the first NW Territory state?

A

Ohio (1803)

43
Q

How many people does a territory need to become a state in 1787?

A

60,000

44
Q

How many electoral votes are needed to win the presidency?

A

270

45
Q

Pikes peak was at the end of what river?

A

Arkansas

46
Q

Fort ____________ was the fort where Lewis and Clark stayed when they made it all the way to the Pacific.

A

Clatsop

47
Q

What river came from the gulf of Mecico (New Orleans) and traveled west towards Los Angales?

A

Red river

48
Q

What fort was near Lake Erie?

A

Fort Detroit

49
Q

Fort ___________ was a fort that was placed half way through the expedition.

A

Fort Madison

50
Q

Fort Mims was located where?

A

In the Mississippi territory

51
Q

Where was Santa Fe located?

A

In the middle of the Rockies and on the Rio Grande

52
Q

During the war of 1812, where was Tippecanoe located?

A

Lower Michigan territory

53
Q

During the war of 1812, where was fort Dearborn located?

A

Illinois territory and right next to Lake Michigan

54
Q

During the war of 1812, where did Horseshoe Bend take place?

A

Eastern Mississippi territory

55
Q

Lake __________ is located in between New York and Vermont.

A

Champlain

56
Q

During the war of 1812, where was Fort McHenrey located?

A

Maryland

57
Q

During the war of 1812, Baltimore is located where?

A

Northern Maryland

58
Q

During the war of 1812, where was Fort Detroit located?

A

Between the Huron and Erie lakes.

59
Q

What were three U.S. Territories in 1819?

A

Arkansas, Florida, and Louisiana